Here's what the winners had to say in their acceptance speech and backstage interviews.

All the nominees for European awards in the business and artistic sectors of animation by the European pitching forum Cartoon.

The winners for animation at the 30th Spanish Goya awards.

7 animation films compete for Best Short and Feature animation at the 2016 French awards.

The winners for Best Short and Feature animation at the 2016 French awards.

Nina Gantz, Simon Cartwright and Richard Williams are the three nominees for British short animation at the BAFTA awards.

Tomm Moore's Oscar-nominated feature won best animated feature at the 28th European Film Awards.

Jacky De Groen, Johan Rijpma and Lilian Vazquez are the three Animation Artists in Residence, Tokyo 2016.

The newly-founded association for European animation and its annual awards got a president in the person of Oscar-awarded Aardman director.

The new Richard Williams short, Konstantin Bronzit and Don Hertzfeld are in for Best Animation Short at the 2016 Oscar race.

The Boy and the World, When Marnie Was There among the non-US nominees.

The first round of pre-selection for the French awards has begun.